Electron Energization by Dispersive Alfvén Waves in the Cusp

Abstract The propagation of kinetic Alfvén waves (assumed sourced from intermittent dayside reconnection) is investigated with a gyrofluid‐kinetic electron model compared with Cluster observations. These observations reveal electron distributions that are preferentially field‐aligned or field‐oppose...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	P. A. Damiano, A. J. Hull, C. C. Chaston, J. R. Johnson, Y. Lin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-10-01
Subjects:	dispersive Alfven waves electron acceleration field‐aligned currents poynting flux cusp kinetic simulations
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116922